Windbreak and securing means therefor



0d. 27, 1931. LEDWINKA 1,829,597

WINDBREAK AND SECURING MEANS THEREFOR Filed March 3, 1928 INVENTOR. JOSEPH LEDWINKA.

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Patented Oct. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I JOSEPH .LJEEDITINKA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB' TO G.

BUDD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- PORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA WIN'DBREAK AND SECURING MEANS THEREFOR Application. filed March 3,

10 the edge'of the windbreak which overlaps the frame member at the edge of the closure opening with a-longitudinal enlargement or beaded portion which coacts with a longitudinal recess formed adjacent the edge of said frame member or in the edge of a trim panel applied to the inside .of said frame member and overlapping the inner beaded edge portion of said windbreak to lock the latter securely in place when the trim panel is secured in place without the necessity of additional securing means for the windbreak.

In the accompanying drawings, and in the detailed description following, I have illustrated a specific embodiment of my invention and its application to a double walled sheet metal bod of the type disclosed in my application erial No. 159,827 for pressed metal vehicle body, filed January 8, 1927 for use on which it is very well adapted, but it will be understood that it is also applicable to other types of bodies.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 represents in side elevation a body of the type shown in the above referred to application, to which I have shown my invention applied.

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1 through the BC post of the body.

Fig. 3 is a'perspectiveview of a short length of my improved windbreak.

The body to which I have shown my inven.

tion applied is of the sedan type and consists in large part and particularly around the door and window openings, as represented, the front door opening 10, the rear door opening 11 and the rear quarter window 12, o outer and inner sheet metal panels. These panels are joined together in the margins of the door and window openings by crimping the edge of one over the edge of the other,

1928. Serial No. 258,701.

and form the frame surrounding said openings.

The invention is herein shown only as applied to the BC post of the body but its application to other parts of the body will be apparent from this single illustration of its ap lication.

s shown in Fig. 2, the B-C post proper which constitutes the vertical frame member rising between the front and rear door openings 10 and 11, comprises the outer sheet metal panel 13 and the inner sheet metal panel 14, the outer panel being of inwardly presenting channel form, the side walls 15 and 16 of which provide the jamb faces of the adjacent door openings. At their inner edges the side walls 15 and 16 are provided with lateral flanges 17 and 18 and to these flanges are crimped the edges 19 and 20 of the substantially flat inner panel 14. To form a secure locked crimped joinder the inner panel is formed adjacent its edges with longitudinal recesses or depressions 21 and 22 which provide shoulders 23 and 24 on the outer side of the panel which abut the side walls 15 and 16 of the outer panel stamping. I make use of these depressions or recesses, for rigidly securing my novel improved'wind break in place,

This wind break consists, as shown, in Figs. 2 and 3, of a flexible strip 25 provided with a yielding compressible enlarged or beaded portion 26 on one side or edge thereof and a relatively unyielding enlarged or beaded portion 27 preferably of smaller diameter than the first, along the other edge thereof, the intermediate portion 28, connecting the beaded ed e portions being of less thickness than the e ges.

In the embodiment of my invention shown, I form the enlarged ed es and the web connecting them, of a strip 0 fabric 29, the edges of which are formed into loops 30 and 31, by'turning over the edges of the loops and stitching them to the body of the strip inwardly of said edges.

One of these loops, I make larger than the other, and provide the desired yielding or resiliency by filling it with a compressible filler such as the rubber tube 32, and the other loop,

upholstery -I fillwith a relatively unyielding or noncompressible substance, such as the cord 33.

The windbreak, so constructed, is adaptedatively rigid trim panel 34, secured to the inner side ofthe' inner panel 14, to cover the post on the inside, as by the clamping cups 3 1, secured by drive screws, and covered by the finishing button 35 snapped into the cup in the manner fully disclosed and claimed in my prior application Serial No. 231,551, filed November 7, 1927, for device-for attaching moulding or by any other suitable fastening means. i

I The trim panel may be formed with a relatively rigid core 36, such as wood or composition board, which is covered by suitable upholstery fabric 37, and when the parts are assembled, the relatively unyielding or noncompressible inner beaded edge portions 27 of the windbreaks are seated in the recesses 21 and 22, the reduced intermediate portions 28 are clamped between the outer edge portions of the trim panel 34 and'the slightly outwardly offset edge portions 38 and 39 of the posts outwardly of said recesses, and the outer enlarged and relatively yielding beads are located in a position where they are engaged by the edge of the front and rear doors or closures indicated in dotted lines at 40 and =11, and becauseof their yielding construction are adapted tolie snugly against the edges of the doors and fill up any irregularity, if such there be, so as to very effectively exclude the rush of air between post and door into the interior of the body.

The relatively unyielding inner beaded edge portions 27 of the windbreaks are held in the recesses 21 and 22 without any special securing means, and positively retained in position by the relatively rigid trim panel 39, securely held against withdrawal therefrom not only by the clamping action of the outer edge portions'of the panel upon the reduced intermediate portion 28, but also more particularly by the fact that to withdraw the bead from the recesses, it would be necessary to flex the relatively rigid trim panel edges inwardly arsubsta-ntial distance. Such flexing the trim panel opposes by reason of its relative rigidity. In fact, thewindbreak is securely held in position by the improved construction, if there is no clamping action on the intermediate reduced portion 28.

While I have herein described a specific embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed herein and in the appended claims. 'hat claim is I I 1. In a vehicle body, a frame member ark ranged at the edge of a closure opening and having the main body of its inner surface relatively plane, but formed with a longitudinal recess adjacent the edge of the opening and a slightly oflset portion extending from said recess to the edge of the opening, awindbreakhaving an enlarged edge portion seated in said recess and an intermediate body portion seated against said ofl'set portion and having its opposite edge portion extending into the closure opening, and a trim member applied and secured against the inner surface of said frame member and having its edge extended substantially to the edge of said frame member adjacent said opening, said trim member and frame member cooperating to securely clamp the windbreak in position against longitudinal and lateral disrecess by said trim member and having its 013- 7 posite edge formed with a relatively yielding beaded portion extending into the closure openlng.

3. In a vehicle ranged at the edge of a closure opening, said frame member being provided with a depression arranged adjacent to and extending longitudinally along one edge thereof, a substantially flat upholstery trim member secured to the inner side of said frame member and adapted to form conjointly with said depression a longitudinally extending recess, and a windbreak having relatively compressible and incompressible enlargements along opposite edges thereof, said windbrake being securable in position with the incompressible enlargement thereof clamped within said recess and the compressible enlargementprojecting into said closure opening.

4. In a vehicle body, in combination, a

frame member arranged at the edge of a closure opening, said frame member being pro vided in the inner side thereof with a depression arranged adjacent to andextending longitudinally along one edge thereof, a windbreak member formed with a relatively incompressible bead along one edge thereof, said depression being adapted to receive said bead, and a relatively rigid upholstery trim' member arranged for securement to said inner side of the frame member and adapted to overlie said depression whereby to securely clamp said head therewithin against lateral and longitudinal displacement.

5. In a vehicle body, a frame memberarranged at the edge of a closure opening, a trim member secured against the inner face body, a frame member arof said frame member, said members being complementally formed to provide a longi: tudinally extending recess therebetween, and a windbreak having an enlarged edge portion adapted to be clampedly retained within 4 said recess against lateral and longitudinal displacementby said members, the opposite edge of said windbreak projecting freely from between said members into said closure opening for cooperation with a closure.

6. In a vehicle body, in combination, a verv tically extending frame member of substantially inwardly presenting channel formation, a panel secured to and extending between the inner edges of said frame member, the body of said panel being laterally offset to provide a pair of longitudinally extending laterally spaced seats, a pair of windbreaks each having relatively incompressible longitudinally extending beaded edges respectively arranged to be received within'said seats,

and a relatively rigid upholstery trim member secured to said panel with the opposite edges thereof overlying said seats whereby to clamp said beaded edges therewithin against lateral displacement therefrom, the opposite edges of said windbreaks projecting freely beyond the opposed edges of said trim member and being in the form of relatively compressible beads. i

7. In a vehicle body, an outer panel forming the outer side of a doorway frame member and flanged inwardly at the doorway opening to substantially the full depth of the oorway opening, an inner panel secured to the inner edge of said outer panel at the doorwayppening to form therewith a hollow frame structure, said inner panel being formed adjacent the margin of the doorway opening with an inwardly opening recess ex-. tending longitudinally of the frame member, and means associated with said inner panel and extending across the mouth' of said recess to secure and retain a trim part.

In testimony whereof he hereunto aflixes his signature. JOSEPH LEDWINKA. 

